I. Background on ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 4000 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.

Our teams in the field implement some 380 projects in 35 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.

Based on considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative initiatives, and campaigns.

1. Program Information

Capital Office : Amman

National Staff : 500 (January 2015)

International Staff : 40 (March 2015)

Areas : Amman (country office), Mafraq, Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun, and Zarqa governorates, and Za’atari, King Abdullah Park, Cyber City and Azraq refugee camps

On-going programmes: 6

Budget : estimated $35m

Jordan is currently hosting over 600,000 registered Syrian refugees, of whom over 500,000 are living outside of the refugee camps in the host communities. ACTED Jordan provides humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees living in the camps, as well as to Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians in host communities. ACTED reached over 200,000 direct beneficiaries in 2014.

In Za’atari, King Abdullah Park, and Cyber City camps ACTED is responsible for waster supply, solid waste management, repair and maintenance, and social mobilisation. New activities for 2015 include the construction of the water network and the informal wastewater network.

In Azraq, ACTED’s programmes involve water supply, solid waste manegment, desludging, social mobilisiation, and food assistance for approximately 15,000 refugees.

In  host communities ACTED supports Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians with household WASH rehabilitations, WASH in schools, social mobilisation, and emergency cash and non-food item assistance. ACTED will start a micro-garden project in the host communities in May 2015. A specific, comprehensive response that includes education, life-skills, healt, and nutrition is implemented in vulnerable outreach communities. Finally, ACTED supports the municipalities by rehabilitating ten water and wastewater infrastructure works.

Across Jordan ACTED also partners with REACH, who provide information management support to working groups and sectors nationally.

III. Position Profile

The GIS Intern will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of a global database for the consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and GIS data at the country level
• Assisting in project-level mapping and planning participatory GIS activities
• Increasing the capacity of national staff in GIS and spatial data management

Supporting project-level database creation and information management mechanisms

1. Supporting the maintenance of a global database for the consolidation of all project-related, assessment-related and GIS data

Support the Database Officer(s) and GIS team in maintaining the global database, consolidating data collected from all ACTED /partner activities within country

Review database management guidelines and ensure capitalization of tools and procedures

Support the collection and management of spatial datasets, and verify and update collected data

Monitor the accuracy of collected data

Support the integration of existing information between ACTED units and maintain regular updating mechanism

• Propose and implement new technical solutions and partnerships
• Respond to information requests from ACTED Units
• Streamline process moving raw data to mapped end products
• Solicit information from partner organizations to be incorporated into database

1. Technical Support to the DB/GIS team

• Provide technical backstopping of database to GIS/DB team
• Provide capacity-building to GIS/DB team related to database maintenance and advanced GIS techniques

1. Regular interactions and reporting with key partners including cluster lead agencies, UNOSAT, UNOCHA and technical partners

• Support the development of joint database tools and processes with ACTED partners in country
• Respond to information requests from ACTED partners related to MIS data and mapping
• Liaise with partners to ensure that data is shared with ACTED MIS team when required
• Support the collection of spatial datasets and integration with REACH activities

1. Field level support of online mapping tool and other REACH program products

• Participate in continued development of web-based mapping tools at the field level
• Ensure the update process from field to web publishing is organized and well documented
• Liaise with IMPACT Geneva to guarantee a quality product that suits the needs of the field office

1. Qualifications:

Master degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, GIS, or a relevant discipline

Good experience in database and general computer software (such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Access)

Experience with industry standard mapping tools, especially ESRI products

Ability to think creatively in terms of tool and process development

Ability to travel to the field

Good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills

Flexibility and adaptability to ever-changing needs and responsibilities

1. Conditions:

Field Intern benefits include:

• 300 USD per month living allowance
• Coverage of all accommodation, guesthouse, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg
• The provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.

1. Submission of applications:

Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to [email protected]   

Ref : GISI/JOR/SA

For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org